The EU and Civil Society: Where do we go from here?
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By Francesca Cerri Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) are vital partners for decision-makers, as they are best placed to know population's needs in terms of development. The role of CSOs has to be strenghten from being implementing partners to shar...
Absorption rates Romania- April 2012
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Tags: Absorption ratesRomaniaAttachment: Romania 30 aprilie 2012.pdfCountries_2: RomaniaTopics_2: Absorption Rates...
AFET MEPs call on EU to take action on Sudan-South Sudan issue
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Once more, tensions in Africa and China’s engagement in the continent, oblige the EU to re-evaluate its foreign policy. The Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) urged the EU to take action on the crises in West, Central and East Africa, particularly r...
Senate to consider UNCLOS ratification for the first time since 2007
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The Cable reports that President Barack Obama and Senator John Kerry (D-MA) are behind a renewed effort to have the Senate ratify the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Kerry, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, has been tryin...
Carlos Fuentes, 1928-2012
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An aspiring writer in the 1940s, Carlos Fuentes was cautioned by his diplomat father to get a real job. Instead, Carlos threaded the needle: he satisficed padre by acquiring a law degree. Then he spent two decades as a Mexican diplomat, managing to r...
Minister banned from using office microwave to heat his dog’s cushion
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A cabinet minister has been banned from using an office microwave to heat his dog’s cushion — after disgusted staff complained over food hygiene fears. Climate change minister Greg Barker was using the device to spoil his pet dachshund O...
The Thing that’s Been Obvious All Along
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Many of the Europeans who ‘supported’ candidate Obama are disappointed because he didn’t get the dictatorial powers that they thought existed as part of their delusions about United States.Observing Hermann summarizes:President Obama just can
EU to help grow SMEs agribusinesses in Uganda
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Although Uganda is often considered a mainly agricultural country, its recent performance has been assessed as being “disappointing”. According to an article by New vision, a lack of financing in the sector is resulting in the country's not be...
Alarm clock Britain: getting up earlier is now called “remoding”
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In what is a contender for the most cringeworthy video ever produced by Whitehall, the Department for Transport has released a video in which cabinet ministers implore Londoners to get up earlier in the morning and avoid using the tube and buses d...
12 Hours for Greece
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By Nathalie Jusseaume 12 Hours for Greece is an initiative of citizens of various nationalities living in Brussels, acting in their own name, wishing to address a sign of support and solidarity to the Greek people in times of crisis. This event wil...
VIDEO: US - Colombia Trade Deal
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Our Washington correspondent Daniel Ryntjes on the US-Colombia FTA and its significance.
Sejdic and Finci - Lack of Bosnian Progress
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The Grand Chamber judgment of 2099 in the case of Sejdic and Finci has still not been implemented. In the judgment, on which I reported here, the Court found that the rights of two persons, of Roma and Jewish origin respectively, had been violated by...
Both Greece and Germany would benefit from quitting and then instantly re-joining the European Economic and Monetary Union.
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If a country could leave the Euro, what would be the implications? Julian Le Grand argues that some of the Euro-member states should quit and instantly re-join (QIR) the European Economic and Monetary Union. Such an option would not only … Cont...
National Bank of Belgium: Liquidity Doesn't Automatically Cause Asset Bubbles
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http://www.nbb.be/doc/oc/repec/reswpp/wp117en.pdf A 2007 empirical study by the National Bank of Belgium on the effects of excess liquidity finds that only under certain conditions does excess liquidity actually lead to an asset bubble. The idea tha...
William Hague joins NHS anti-cuts rally – the weekend after elections
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Foreign Secretary William Hague joined a protest against NHS cuts in his North Yorkshire constituency – despite publicly backing the coalition’s NHS reforms in Parliament. Just one day after Boris Johnson’s re-election as Mayor of London an...
When Holly met Merky
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Willkommen in Deutschland Sparks fly, but Frankie says Relax When Francois Hollande's plane was struck by lightning yesterday on his way to meet German president Angela Merkel, the world assumed that the German god of thunder Donar had been polici...
Sosyal Medya Haber Siteleri (1): sosyalsosyal (@sosyalsosyal)
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TweetShare via emailErkan’s Field Diary yeni bir seriye başlıyor. Sosyal Medya Alanında haber veren siteler.. Sitenizin bilgilerinizi gönderin, seriye ekleyelim;) sakaerka@gmail.com İçinde bulunduğum bir çok projeyi ilk haberleştiren, güz...
"Finding a Way out of the Crisis – Growth and Employment in Europe" by Sigmar Gabriel Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Peer Steinbrueck
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The economic and social consequences of lopsided policies focussed on lowering expenditure are fatal. Europe is threatening to fall apart as a result. Instead of the European crisis easing, it has worsened over the past two years and the credit risk...
"European Monetary Union: Doomed to fail or just another Stepping Stone?" by Tom McDonnell
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With talk of a Greek exit from the Euro now being treated seriously it can be informative to consider past experiences with monetary union. The normal fate for currency unions has been eventual failure and dissolution, and the history books are full...
The Eurozone avoids recession after the UK has sunk into double dip
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The first meeting between President Hollande and Chancellor Merkel ended with a show of unity, at least on the surface, and a joint view that Greece should stay in the Euro. Meanwhile, as IMF head Christine Lagarde adds her voice … Continue rea...
Sosyal Medya alanında çalışan ajanslar (37): “ping”
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TweetShare via emailErkan’s Field Diary sosyal medya alanında çalışan ajansları tanıtan seriye devam ediyor. sakaerka@gmail.com adresine logo, iletişim bilgileri, kısa tanıtım, varsa birkaç ekip fotosu gönderirseniz sizin ajansı da bu...
"German State Elections send Merkel an Economic Message" by Henning Meyer
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The recent elections in North-Rhine Westphalia (NRW) have produced a great result for the German Social Democratic party (SPD) and a crushing defeat for Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU). After a dozen years, and with a vote share o...
